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8 Yelp Reviewers Hit With $1.2 Million Defamation Suits

Posted by timothy on from the slapp-on-the-back dept.

New submitter goodboi writes: A Silicon Valley building contractor is suing 8 of its critics over the reviews they posted on Yelp. The negative reviews were filtered out by Yelp's secretive ranking system, but in court documents filed earlier this month, Link Corporation claims that the bad publicity cost over $165,000 in lost business.

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  1. Re:Goodbye free speech by Dog-Cow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Freedom of Speech has never implied freedom from responsibility.

  2. Civil versus criminal law by The+Last+Gunslinger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The 1st amendment doesn't apply, as libel is a civil infraction.

    You're still free to say/write whatever the hell you like, but if you do so maliciously and mendaciously and it causes articulable damages to another person, then they have grounds to bring suit. It's not the government that acts against you, it's the injured party.